THE ABSENT

CRIPPLED HEARTS

SOLIDARITY WITH THE FLESH EATING MOSAIC AND OTHER POEMS by Raj Dronamraju

Out Now

THE RETURN OF THE MAGNIFICENT NINNY AND OTHER POEMS by Raj Dronamraju

My first book of poetry available through Amazon and other online booksellers www.rajbooks.com

Sunday, May 31, 2015

A FEW THOUGHTS ABOUT AQUARIUS

AQUARIUS has got a little bit
of everything -film noir, sex, drugs, old style sexism and racism, mismatched
police partners, political corruption subplot, homosexuality subplot, deviant
Republicans, Vietnam War subplot, and a pop culture version of Charles Manson
as the devil (I use the word "version" because the Manson here looks
and sounds nothing like the real Manson. He is less anxious and more
cartoonishly devilish/sinister. They've created a character and called him
Charles Manson) David Duchovny is a solid leading man. I figure all the bad
reviews are due to people expecting another TRUE DETECTIVE but this is more of
a police procedural with a historical backdrop. Also neat soundtrack (Although
no Beatles - Guess they couldn't get the rights).

Wildest scene - Manson
blinding a guy with a straight razor to the tune of Daydream Believer.

Third wildest scene – Manson arranging
a gangbang of his mom as revenge for past mistreatment.

If this is picked up for a second
season, in addition to resolving the cliffhangers, I’d like to see them frame
the ongoing story around another historical event – the RFK assassination. Took place in LA and lends itself to this
type of episodic storytelling.